Don't Beat Yourself Up

I don't know about you, but I tend to be a perfectionist, and I like to make lists, set goals, and do things thoroughly according to my expectations for myself. So when I have a list of things to do in a day and don't accomplish all of them, or I don't feel like I have done as well on something that I could have...It is easy for me to beat myself up and feel a sense of failure. What I have found is that thinking this way only serves to discourage and does not get me anywhere closer to my goal. Instead, setting out a REASONABLE schedule for myself and being consistent by doing something each day for our business, even if it's something small, is the most important. I work hard, but if I don't get EVERY thing done on that list, it is important to let it go and just move on to the next day. It's ok! Because sometimes it is important to meet that friend for lunch and let that one task go undone. "Negative tape" running through one's mind never serves any good purpose. Work hard, be consistent, and let it go and move on when things don't go as planned...for it's life we are living.